Hey Austin!
If you want to give a shout out as to what you do and how you're working with Drupal, that would be great!
During our meetups, we really don't have time for attendees to share detailed intros with the group. We tried intros at one of our meetups and, in the process, consumed over an hour when we could have been learning or teaching others about Drupal.
As a result, intros at future meetups will be great if they're no more than 10 seconds long each to provide basics such as your name, your organization, and what you're doing/hoping to do with Drupal, e.g. "Hi, I'm Walt Esquivel, I'm with Wellness Corps, and I'm using Drupal to help me establish a wellness presence primarily through Organic Groups." For everything else intro-related that you want to share with the Austin DUG, please do it online. This page is the place for you to do it! :)
So, feel free to provide whatever you'd like here on this Austin intro list. Here are some ideas:
- Name
- Organization (company, school, non-profit, government, etc.) you're with & what you do there for a living
- Link(s) to your Drupal website(s) (personal and/or organizational website(s))
- What you hope to accomplish with Drupal
- General background
- Education
- Hobbies
- Etc.
I'll take the lead by saying my name is Walt and I've started a company called Wellness Corps. I'm the founder and president of my one-man company so I do everything from installing Drupal modules to taking out the trash. :) With Drupal, my goal is to establish wellness-related groups all across our wonderful planet! :)
I like working with Drupal because it's easy to set up and provides so many contributed modules for customized functionality. My company's website is bare-bones at the moment as I just uploaded a few modules after trying them out on my test website. Come back in a week or two and it will be much more presentable.
My previous experience includes marketing, sales, consulting, and logistics, among others. I have an MBA in marketing/information mgt and an MA in human resources. I served in the Marine Corps as an officer for 8 years and there's more info about me than you ever want to know on my LinkedIn page. (Speaking of LinkedIn, please connect to me via LinkedIn so we can stay in touch.)
I see myself as helping others by setting up Drupal meetups to assist in the training and support of Drupal users/learners. How about you? How do you expect to give back to the Drupal community? Whatever it is, thanks in advance!
Walt Esquivel, MBA; MA; President, Wellness Corps; Captain, USMC (Veteran)
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New to the Austin DUG
Hi, my name is Matt Genovese. I just started using Drupal 5.1 about 3 months ago, so I'm a relative newbie to the system, although frankly I think the administration is fairly intuitive (though I had heard otherwise). In the past I used e107 CMS, but decided to switch for a variety of reasons to which I won't elaborate here.
By day, I'm a design verification engineer for microprocessors and SoC's at a local semiconductor company here in Austin, and I also do software consultation on the side. My academic background is in Computer Engineering, so I am fluent in both software engineering and hardware / VLSI design. I have a BSCE from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and an MSEE from UT-Austin. You can also find out more than even I knew about myself on my LinkedIn page.
I'm looking forward to attending some DUG meetings and learning from the other more experienced Drupal users in the area - what pitfalls I can avoid, proper ways to implement certain features, and even to do some Drupal module development.
Cheers,
Matt
Howdy
Hi guys, My name is Aaron. I pay the bills with graphic design and web development (almost exclusively Drupal) I've put in hundreds of hours with this system, but I still have a whole lot more to learn. I plan to be at the meet-up Tuesday.
Drupal theming, Module development and logo design:
http://www.PixelClever.com
Howdy, Austin DUG!
I'm Ben Finklea.
I'm the CEO of SpryDev Search Engine Marketing.
We are primarily a Search Engine Optimization company but about 1/3 of our time is spent doing web design.
We use Drupal whenever and where ever possible.
I'm also the guy behind the Drupal SEO Podcast
I've been developing websites and starting companies since the mid-90s during my college days at Texas A&M.
When I'm not SEOing or Drupaling I'm helping my wife raise our 2 boys Andrew (3 years old) and John (3 weeks old).
I'm excited about making it to a future meetup! I've heard a lot about Four Kitchens so I want to meet you guys ASAP.
Regards,
Ben Finklea, CEO
SpryDev Search Engine Marketing
We guarantee web profits.
512-989-2945 x204
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New to Austin DUG
Hello drupalers
My name is Joshua Mora.
I am new to drupal and I would like to receive advice about how to organize and share content (through a web interface) that I am currently storing in simple folders on my hard drive. I believe it should be easier than Zope but I still got alot of headaches trying to understand the mechanics/philosophy of drupal.
It is a shame I missed your meeting on September 4th. I hope to meet you on next meeting.
Joshua Mora,
joshua_mora@usa.net
Hi
I am very happy to find an Austin Drupal group. I am a poet and writer (with very limited web design experience) and an idea person. Recently, I have come up with a number of ideas for websites that I think have a lot of potential to make money and serve large niche communities. I have begun to try to figure out Drupal as the system to do all of them with. They are all social networks of one kind or another, but most have a specific focus or area of exchange that differentiates them from most social networks. I have 4-7 ideas I am planning to do at the moment--I think they are all very good ideas and a couple of them I think could really take off. I am reluctant to talk about them too much though until I actually get them goin. Nevertheless, I really look forward to meeting some other folks and getting their advice and guidance. I would also love to find the right partner for these projects, someone I resonate a lot with who is much more of a drupal expert than me. Ideally, I could focus mostly on the content and structure, while my partner focused on the advanced features and design. If there are any Drupal experts in Austin who would be interested in teaming up on something that could be a souce of longterm income, please get in contact me. In any case, I look forward to meeting everybody. Hopefully, at the next meetup.
Creatin & Managing Communities on Drupal
Welcome to the group! I'd like to introduce you to our company, www.generixmedia.com We do exactly what it sounds like you are looking for, the heavy lifting in building out your community(s) on Drupal. We partner with subject matter experts that have ideas and passion to develop their online community with Drupal. Our partner sites include wide ranging industries such as electronic payments with www.allpaynews.com to fashion and shoes with www.shuzsociety.com, we can do as much or as little technical support and design you need. This is especaially helpful as you ramp up and become more knoweldgeable on Drupal and take on more of it on your own.
Feel free to contact me to disccuss more. We're based in Round Rock / Austin and the Hill Country
Jeremy
Introduction
I am a financial adviser, and I work with a small financial advisory firm. Since we are a small firm, everyone does a variety of functions. However, I started by career as a EE. After getting a BSEE from U. of Illinois, I spent eleven years working in the semiconductor industry.
Most of my technical experience is hardware/firmware oriented, but I spent many years working with simple databases. Now I'm in the process of learning open source web languages. I started with HTML and CSS, and now I'm working on PHP and MySQL. I did some work with Mambo, but I have found Drupal a lot easier to work with.
Currently, I'm trying to set up an on-line data base. And I'd like to use Drupal as a front end.
I am very excited to find that there is a Drupal user's group in Austin, and look forward to meeting people on 10/2.
Tanya
Tanya
Drupal Noob
I work for a local gaming company and have decided to start working on my own projects again (in my spare time.) A buddy and I are building a social networking site which will have a few unique tools. We found Drupal and have been impressed with it and plan to have a prototype up in 2-1/2 weeks (we'll see how that goes.)
We actually spent a lot of time comparing RoR vs. LAMP development and found that we could find more people capable of building PHP-based projects than RoR -- and thus more people that aren't as busy as Ruby devs. As such, we're hoping to interface with people to share ideas and support each others efforts.
We are literally, two-guys in a garage, building what "we" believe is a cool thing.
I hope to catch the next meet up for the group ;-)
Peace,
-Joey
New 2 Austin. New 2 Drupal.
New 2 Austin. New 2 Drupal.
Recently moved to Austin with my wife, Jennifer, and a big furry yellow cat (Harry). I work in software engineering with an international software company. In addition to being a software engineer (Physician Operating Systems), I am also an unpublished author of many long lost blogs in the blogosphere, am a political junkie, caffeine freak, psuedo-buddhist, and habitually late person. I'm also an Unlicensed Massage Therapist (UMT).....at least my wife thinks so ;)
I'm beginning to develop with Drupal just now. I don't have a lot of web development experience, so I'm probably that long haired hippie in the Barnes and Noble computer section drinking a Mocha and poking around in the Drupal/PHP/JQuery section.
My intention is to begin a website for political junkies like myself, but I've been known to start something and end up with something completely unexpected. Which, I might add, is a great way to live life too.
If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are ~ Zen Proverb
If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are ~ Zen Proverb
moving to austin, looking for a druple developer
Hi, my name is Jessica; I'm currently located in London, UK, but moving to Austin this coming autumn. I am developing a web concept now (from the business end - I am not a developer) which I think it pretty exciting, and since I am moving to Austin I figured it might be best to look for a developer in my future hometown. Would love to hear from anyone looking for freelance work - I will likely need a combination of off-the-shelf and "tweaked" elements so I'm looking for someone who is interested in the iterative process. Ideal person would also be excited about the concept - which is about supporting families as their loved ones go through the aging process.
You can get me at jessica (at) jessicashortall.com
Thanks!
New to Drupal
Hello,
I am interested in creating a community website using drupal and hope that I can learn from others in this group. In addition, I will probably be looking to hire a company/individual to help me get the site set up correctly in hopes of not having to make a lot of changes down the road.
Melissa
New to Drupal and to Web back ends
Hi, I'm Cliff, and I'm trying to learn php, mysql, Apache, and Unix on a fast track so I can implement a Drupal-based Web site for my congregation, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.
My day job is coordinating Web development for a large state agency. I'm skilled in writing xhtml-clean code, structuring Web pages (I won't say "designing" because I know just enough about that to realize how much a design I do on my own would suck), testing for usability, and building in accessibility. I'm learning on the fly about scripting (at work, we have programmers who do all that) and all the hidden pieces that make a Web site work. (Again, at work we have others who worry about that end.)
I have been asked to completely overhaul the St. A's site and add features that are manageable only with a CMS. In quickly studying the options, I've decided that Drupal has the right balance of power and ease of use to work in this environment. (I guess what really sold me on it was when I found out the grad students at UT's writing program use it to maintain Web pages for the classes they teach. To me, that seems like a pretty good test case for "ease of use.")
But now I'm stuck. My current computer is a 700-MHz iMac running OS X 10.3.9, and I can't find a php/mysql/Apache bundle for such an old system. I've downloaded php and mysql and turned on Apache, but I can't seem to get them working together well enough for me to actually install Drupal on this computer or on the Web server. And, in the meantime, I've picked up the responsibility for managing the current site, which seems to be php-based but also looks like the pages might be edited individually. Fortunately, it's only 10 or 15 pages, so keeping it limping along while we build something better shouldn't be that hard.
As for the redesign, another member of my church is a talented designer and has drafted a few options for consideration. But to implement them efficiently, she needs me to get Drupal installed on our new site. And I'm stuck in the middle of the installation process, frustratedly creating mysql databases, usernames, and passwords with no idea where they're winding up and how to tell Drupal to find them when it tells me there ain't none where it's looking (not that I'm quoting the error message verbatim, but that seems to be the gist of it).
It would be great if I could find someone with enough Mac and Drupal experience to help me get the installation complete. Just having a clear general overview would help. (Anyone else notice how many times in the install process you get blindsided by a request for a username and password, with no indication as to whether it could -- or even should -- be the same as one you've already used? It would be nice to know up front how many different usernames will be needed, the role each will have in site management, and any limitations on the name or password. If I could organize that in advance, I could concentrate on everything else when I do the actual install.)
It would also be great to meet up with folks who use Drupal in various ways. My friends at church have big dreams for our site, and I'd like to be sure my ignorance doesn't become a barrier to making those dreams come alive.
Does the Austin group meet up regularly? If so, when and where?
Need development for launch of my new Drupal Site. Austin
I have been a Drupal user for 2 years and have been running www.concreteideas.com and am finalizing the development of www.landscapeideas.com for the big launch.
Landscapeideas.com is 90% there but there are a few misc functionality issues and custom modules that need implementation.
I would like to find someone who can work closely with me to get these done in the next couple months. If interested please contact me at 888-904-3327 to discuss or email: mark@concreteideas.com
New to Austin ... Soon
hi my name is Erik Summerfield. I just bought a house in Austin a few weeks ago and will be moving from Washington DC at the end of the month.
I have been working with drupal for about a year now and have been being paid to do it for about 4 months. I work for the Case Foundation, a foundation started by Jean and steve Case. Our mission is to, encouraging collaboration, supporting successful leaders, and fostering entrepreneurship in the nonprofit sector. So for we have used drupal for 3 projects (http://giving.casefoundation.org, http://miyo.casefoundation.org and http://www.socialcitizens) and are currently exploring its use on our main site.
I have not been very involved with the drupal community so far but am excited about getting more involved. I am hopeful that some of the work that we do can be made in to modules and used by others.
Erik Summerfield
eriks@casefoundaiton.org
202 341 6443
Critical mass in Bryan/College Station
Would any Texas-state travelers care to comment on the potential for a Bryan/College Station area drupal users group? I see http://groups.drupal.org/central-texas and http://groups.drupal.org/austin, and I haven't been able to travel to Austin for a while now. However, on front page of d.o is a really neat project deployment by a the huge student activities group at TAMU:
Student Activities Supports 170 Drupal 6 Sites at Texas A&M
and I thought hmmm.. there are drupalers here in our overly wp-saturated area..
And wouldn't it be nice to have a gmaps node view of all groups organized by geographic location? Or search by proximity to zipcode. It would be a simple way to find a local group wherever you are!
Hello to all
Hi Austin DUG,
My name is Trent Watkins and I am the CIO for a technology integration company called TrintroniX Technology & Innovation located just north of Austin in Leander, Texas. We started the company back in February of 05 and we are growing by leaps and bounds every day. We try to tout ourselves as a one stop IT shop with our focus on helping companies overcome the challenges of integrating the newest technologies into their companies.
A little about me...
I have been doing web/desktop application development for about 9 years and SQL development for about 12 years. I have been tinkering with all things IT for as long as I can remember and I get the biggest high from figuring out a solution for the most impossible problem. I forced my self to become a Drupal guru in just under a year because of some web projects I had outsourced to so called drupal developers tanked, and the project requirements were not being met due to their lack of understanding drupal. So in order to save face with the clients I had to immerse myself in all things drupal 24/7 for a couple of months so I could complete and deliver the projects. Now I feel like (although probably not true) I can do just about anything with drupal that I would have previously only been able to do with ASP/PHP pages. I think this tool is the best thing to hit web development since the implementation of the javascript XMLHttpRequest object.
To ALL Drupal Developers...
I am always seeking experienced and hungry drupal developers to outsource projects too. I have more drupal work that I can keep up with and right now I have about 12 people I outsource work too, spread out all over the country. I would prefer to keep my resources local so I can treat them to lunch and beer every now and then, but finding quality people that truly know what they are doing has been challenging. So if you are interested in some side work, please contact me and I'll put you to work based on your skill set.
I look forward to meeting as many of you as I can at my first meet-up and if there is anything I can do to assist anyone, please do not hesitate to contact me.
~T1TAN23~
I am always seem to be looking for something I can never find
~T1TAN23~
I am always seem to be looking for something I can never find
Looking for someone to help develop www.FrugalFeaster.com
Drupalers,
My name is Mitch Barnett and I am the founder of a new local website – www.FrugalFeaster.com. FrugalFeaster.com is a social website designed to help users find and share details about restaurant deals in their area. The site is primed for stage two development and we’re in search of an experienced Drupal architect to help take it to the next level.
My business partner and I have tested the concept in the site’s current beta version over the course of the last 4 months. The response has been overwhelmingly positive from users, the local media, and local restaurants. Here are some examples of the press coverage we’ve received:
http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/life_arts/tips_on_eating_out_and_e...
http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/food2/ent...
Here’s a thread from some users which speaks to the interest/demand for the site:
http://www.longhornnation.com/forum/viewTopic.php?id=13817
FrugalFeaster.com is an established site with steady traffic. We have a strategic vision for the future of the site, and we’re looking for an experienced architect who is interested in taking on a side project and joining our team to help bring the site to the next level. If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact me at Mitch@frugalfeaster.com
Frugally,
Mitch Barnett
Founder, FrugalFeaster.com
Mitch@frugalfeaster.com
Introduction
Hello fellow Austin Drupalers!
My name is Terry Brown, and I am Chief Arachnid at Green Spider Design (www.greenspiderdesign.com). Our company has been Drupaling for a little over a year now and has completed roughly 75 projects in Drupal. I look forward to meeting all of you at the next meetup.
I'm so happy that someone alerted me to this group! I feel sort of stupid for not having thought about looking on Drupal.org for an Austin Group. When I thought of finding a meetup group I inherently thought of meetup.com, so I went there looking and set up a group when I didn't find one. Does anyone see any value in having a presence there for this group? If so, I'm more than happy to hand over the group I created to the organizers of this group!
Groups.drupal.org vs. Meetup.com (and other "group" sites)
Hi Terry,
With regard to groups.drupal.org (g.d.o) and its functionality and UI, I acknowledge other platforms/UIs exist that are far more pleasant, interactive, etc. Like you, I've used Meetup.com before and I do enjoy its functionality and UI. As they say, however, we must eat our own dog food. If every person at the beginning of g.d.o's existence had wanted to use something like Meetup.com in lieu of g.d.o, the vast number of improvements that currently live on these pages would not have been possible.
In addition, we want a centralized location for people to meet online and so the use of Meetup.com (or Google Groups, Yahoo Groups, etc.) is not something I would support. G.d.o needs to be THE central online focal and meeting point for anyone desiring to do Drupal-related meetups, events, etc. that are local in nature, e.g. the Austin DUG.
As such, I welcome your firm to get involved in making code and/or financial contributions to Drupal and/or to collaborate with others who are doing so in order to improve the UI of groups.drupal.org. It is only through the volunteer donation of time, money, and resources from individuals such as you and organizations such as yours that Drupal is what it is today, and it is only through future donations of time, money, and resources that the code will improve and, perhaps, meet all or almost all of your needs.
In closing, if you see a DUG UI shortcoming or you see something that would make the DUG UI better, please feel free to find the appropriate place to comment and/or discuss things with others who may know a bit about your need and/or who can provide helpful feedback. There are different places you can discuss your ideas and needs (forums, IRC, a specific module's "Support" section, etc. - - all on drupal.org), so I urge you and your firm to get involved in helping make Drupal even better than it already is.
Thanks for your suggestion and welcome to the Austin DUG!
Best,
Walt
Walt Esquivel, MBA; MA; President, Wellness Corps; Captain, USMC (Veteran)
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Walt Esquivel, MBA; MA; President, Wellness Corps; Captain, USMC (Veteran)
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OK, I changed my mind...cross-posting sounds good
When I replied to Terry's post, I acknowledge that I was trying to get Austin Drupalers to eat the Drupal dog food. I understand that not everyone always enjoys eating the same ol' Drupal dog food...and that a diet including other dog foods may be preferable. ;) (OK, I think I've overused that analogy!)
So...based on a recent email I received which strongly suggested the use of other websites such as Meetup.com for cross-posting purposes and that it might help attract a different audience, I think the the logical next step would be for anyone creating / wanting to publicize Austin events to cross-post them onto the Meetup.com group that Terry created. Any other websites we should be cross-posting onto? I hadn't thought about the fact that posting onto Meetup.com might attract a different audience but that sounds pretty good to me! So thanks Terry for the original suggestion and sorry I shot down your request at that time.
I look forward to someone taking charge and cross-posting future Austin events...hint hint. :)
Walt Esquivel, MBA; MA; President, Wellness Corps; Captain, USMC (Veteran)
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Walt Esquivel, MBA; MA; President, Wellness Corps; Captain, USMC (Veteran)
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Meetup.com
Walt,
I do agree that the meetup.com presence is a positive thing for the G.D.O group overall. And when I created it I certainly was not trying to compete with an existing DUG, which is why I expressed how excited I was to learn that there was already a strong group in existence. So, with that said, I am more than willing to manage the Meetup.com group to post meetup details there. I think I read somewhere that we also have a LinkedIn presence? Again, that would be good too if it doesn't already exist.
Also, I see huge value in contributing to the Austin Drupal community, so anything we can do as an organization to facilitate the growth of the Austin Drupal developer pool would have my full support.
Just let me know what we can do to help!
Terry
Sounds great!
I think you managing "the Meetup.com group to post meetup details there" sounds great!
I don't know about whether or not we have a LinkedIn presence but feel free to pursue that as well.
I hear there's a DrupalCamp Texas being held in Austin later this year so that would be, I think, a great opportunity for you to get involved. Todd over at Four Kitchens can provide more info on DrupalCamp so feel free to contact him.
Thanks!
Walt Esquivel, MBA; MA; President, Wellness Corps; Captain, USMC (Veteran)
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Walt Esquivel, MBA; MA; President, Wellness Corps; Captain, USMC (Veteran)
$50 Hosting Discount Helps Projects Needing Financing
how to use Drupal and where to start
Pandu,
Here's a good place to start:
http://learnbythedrop.com
This site helps me alot.
larry
Hello Austin Drupalers
I have been using Drupal for 3 years now as a hobbyist and have just started working on several sites using Drupal professionally in the past few months. I mostly do installation and simple customization of open source systems, along with mid level sys admin stuff. I can tweak and rearrange markup and simple code as needed but am not a coder.
I am interested in learning more about Drupal best practices and meeting other Drupalers I can call on for advice and contract work.
I am currently working on:
guide.ole.org
events.ole.org (civicrm)
austineconetwork.com
See you tonight I hope,
Chris
Hello Austin
I'm Michael Verdi and I live in San Antonio. I'm brand new to Drupal but I've been working with video on the web and Wordpress for years now. I'm already working on a couple of sites in Drupal, learning as I go.
Hi
Dear Austin Drupalers,
My name is Scherry Sweeney and I the marketing webmaster for a company called Blue Coat – www.bluecoat.com. Our website has been built by the IT team using Drupal, which I have no experience with, despite my 10 years as a web designer and developer. The intent is that IT will handle the backend, and I'll be responsible for the frontend, but with no knowledge of how the system works, is set up, can be manipulated, I'm feeling lost in the dark. I don't know how far I can push things, or what requests are unreasonably difficult. I also can't seem to do much besides update content without the help of IT. I'm just not used to that. :-) I'd like to learn the system so that I can have more flexibility, and so that I can help IT instead of be a burden to them.
I look forward to meeting you all at the next DUG meeting.
Scherry
Howdy Folks
Yet Another Drupal Newbie
Name
Ernest Gregg
Organization (company, school, non-profit, government, etc.) you're with & what you do there for a living
Graphic Design / Web Design / Interactive Design
Teach Web Design (XHTML & CSS) at Austin Community College
Link(s) to your Drupal website(s) (personal and/or organizational website(s))
http://www.austincc.edu
What you hope to accomplish with Drupal
Learn to make sites a tad more functional. Clients seem to want more from their web presence now. Darn it.
General background
"You really don't want to know that much about me, Mr. Smith."
Education
ACC grad, USAF Vet, DLIFLC Presidio of Monterey (If you know this you know where I have been)
Hobbies
Hiking/Backpacking, games (board & RPG mostly, but some video), movies . . . and some art/programming stuff too.
Etc.
See General Background.
Carl Webb wants to bridge the digital divide with Drupal.
I'm a member of Austin Free Net and the 501 Tech Club which is where I was introduced to Drupal. Austin Free-Net provides technology training and access for the community, fostering skills that enable people to succeed in a digital age. The 501 Tech Club is monthly gathering of Austin, TX area nonprofit technology folks.
http://www.austinfree.net
http://groups.nten.org/group.htm?mode=home&igid=6493
HOWSIT AUSTIN
I'm Zach and I am currently in Denver Colorado, but have family in Austin and visit very frequently. I have been theming Drupal for about 2 years now and really enjoy the challenges and triumphs of working in it.
Looking forward to building connections with other Designers, Themers and Developers through projects and Beers!
Have a question, don't hesitate to let me know.
Best,
Zach M
@thescaryclown (twitter)
deufrane (aim)
zachattack (irc)
-- Zach (attack) Meyer
Hi Austin Folks
My name is Chadwick and I just moved back to Austin a couple of months ago, after about 4 years in SF. Before that, I went to UT and graduated in Computer Science. It's good to be back!
I'm a freelance web developer, and most of the websites I make these days are built using Drupal. I'm pretty comfortable with it, from theming to module development, but I'm sure there's still plenty I could learn from other people. I occasionally blog with tips for web developers on my website (http://www.chadwickwood.com).
Anyway, I don't know much of anyone in Austin who's using Drupal, so I figured this would be a good place to start. So, hello!
Chadwick Wood, Coffeeshopped LLC
Hi Austin
My name is Fito Kahn. I am working for a non-profit that is wanting to create an Intranet and we are using Drupal. I would love to talk to someone who has some experience in setting up a Drupal site. I have it setup and im starting to add content but i want to make sure that im doing it right. I have also setup a site for the Austin Jazz Alliance (www.austinjazzalliance.org) in joomla. I am thinking about converting over to Drupal so if you all have any thoughts on that, it would be much appreciated. If there is someone out there that is willing to help me out, i would be glad to provide beer and pizza for a few hours of tips and tricks so i can get the site up....
thanks.
Hellooo nurse! ... er Austin!
My name is Jerad Bitner and I'm the co-founder and CTO of Rapid Waters Development. I've been involved in Drupal since 4.6 and have worked for Sony BMG in New York City, and ParentsClick Network - a Division of LifeTime Digital in San Francisco. I've left the corporate world to try my hand at my own Drupal shop with my best friend David Burns under the extremely competent help of Liza Kindred and the fantastic help of some very talented individuals who comprise our team! We're virtual and all over the country with no real home base other than #rwd on IRC :D
My fiance is a traveling occupational therapist and we're currently working our way across the United States, working, playing and evangelizing the good work of Drupalistas everywhere! Our next stop is Austin! So we're looking for advice on what is good, and what to steer clear from; where to hang out, and where to meet people. (Oh, and the best BBQ of course! ;)
So hello, and hit me up if you wanna get some coffee or beers and talk Drupal! I look forward to the meetups and getting to know you!
Tech Ranch and BarnBuildr need some Drupal
Howdy y'all,
I'm Austin Gunter. I'm working on several projects over at Tech Ranch Austin with Kevin Koym. Tech Ranch is a community of entrepreneurs accelerating their ventures collectively to create success, personally defined. One of the big projects we're rolling out for 2010 is the BarnBuildr network. This network connects entrepreneurs with volunteer help for specific projects in an online meeting place. The goal is to facilitate entrepreneurial success, and therefore, job creation in Austin, Texas.
I need a Drupal developer to help us build the website where these connections will be made. We're currently hosting the connections on a Google group.
Let me know who is interested, we'll meet and work out the details.
Thanks so much,
-Austin
New to Drupal
Hey everyone. I am Dr. Greg Todd and I working on a research data base. I am very new to Drupal and I am looking to bounce ideas off of people. I plan to be at the mixer on Wednesday.
Thanks
Hello- New joinee to the Austin Drupal thing!
Hey there everyone-
My name is Dave Wirth. I have three sites that I maintain with drupal these days. Here goes: My first is The School of Feedback Guitar, which is my guitar lessons site. Kick Ass Guitar Lessons is my new site for online lessons, and die hipster die is my music site.
I have been working with drupal for about three years now, though I have found that I have been able to get past knowing a lot about php to use it. Learning it now.
Looking forward to interacting with y'all, in person and beyond!
Dave
Welcome!
Welcome to the Austin Drupal Users Group!
Elizabeth Quintanilla
Business Detective http://eqconsultantsgroup.com
VMD @ http://guidelightsolutions.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethquintanilla
@equintanilla
Yo.
I live in Round Rock and work in North Austin.
I'm interested in getting together with you guys.
Drupal on the Moon
Hi,
I'm a part of a freelance partnership Girl On The Moon Creative. Over the past several months we've developed a lot of Drupal sites for small business clients.
I love using Drupal because with time and patience, I feel like I can do almost anything a client asks for. Or, a lot more than I could do before Drupal came into my life. I also enjoy the community and have attended DrupalCamp Chicago and a meetup in San Francisco. I look forward to connecting with the Austin group regularly!
Currently, I'm interested in joining a development team that works with Drupal. Here is my personal portfolio: MarlaPeirce.com. If anyone is hiring or knows someone that's hiring, please contact me!
Thanks,
Marla
Salutations
I am a freelancer here in Austin. I've been in the drupal game for a little over two years now. I am interested in the open-source aspects of drupal and leveraging them for more positive uses. To that end, I've been making the transition towards answering more questions than I ask!
I've only been to the one drupalcamp last fall, but I look forward to meeting more of you all in the future.
Welcome!
Welcome to the group!
Elizabeth Quintanilla
Business Detective http://eqconsultantsgroup.com
VMD @ http://guidelightsolutions.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethquintanilla
@equintanilla
Hello
Hi there,
I'm Bob Villwock. I moved here last summer and I'm working at UT. A small part of what I'm doing there is maintaining and developing (with a lot of help) a drupal website at cec.cm.utexas.edu. I'm looking forward to meeting you and getting to know more.
Bob
Drupal Newb Over His Head
By way of introductions...
My name is Jeff. I am a photographer/web tinkerer here in Austin.
My background is heavily laden with technology, specifically systems and database analysis and design. My career has taken me from California to Austin (don't hate me) and along the way I rediscovered my passion for photography, have dumped the tech career and am pursuing the dream of taking pictures for a living. However, that's not paying the bills yet and can't seem to stay away from technology (when I was in tech I was a hobbyist photographer... now I'm trying to be a photographer and am a hobbyist tech geek).
The big project at the time of this writing is an on-line workshop site I am building for an award winning photographer here in Austin. OF course, in true to self fashion, I have jumped directly into the deep end of Drupal and am trying not to drown. I'll post more on my challenges in another thread. Suffice it to say, I'm a tad over my head at the moment.
Side projects include a social networking site geared toward a niche community (think I read something of this sort in an earlier intro), a site dedicated to my Real Estate Photography business (www.pjfre.com) which is in its infancy, and a couple other photography related sites which haven't left the localhost yet.
I am hoping to leverage Drupal to provide some additional income in this tough economy.
Jeff
Jeff Cicolani
@jcicolani
http://www.cicolanistudios.com
Hi
Glad to have found the group! Here is a little about me:
Name
Adam Helsinger
Organization (company, school, non-profit, government, etc.) you're with & what you do there for a living
Looking for full-time work
Link(s) to your Drupal website(s) (personal and/or organizational website(s))
http://www.communication18.com (I did it in Joomla before I discovered Drupal....)
What you hope to accomplish with Drupal
I have an understanding of Views, CCK, and location, but I hope to learn how to learn the how to integrate them better, add tokens, ubercart, etc.
General background
http://www.linkedin.com/in/adamhelsinger
Education
UT-B.S. Advertising, Thunderrbird-MBA
Hobbies
Working out
BTW, I am looking for some help modifying a custom module, but I don't know PHP.
Thanks,
A
welcome
Hi Adam
welcome to the group. Austin has some great Drupal resources. I also had a Joomla site that i recently converted over to Drupal (http://www.austinjazzalliance.org).
You might want to check out the Drupal newbie meetup group. We meet once a month and usually cover a new module and do case studies at our meeting. The next one is June 17th.
Fito
http://www.meetup.com/Austin-Drupal-Newbies-Meetup/
Hi
I'm Wes and I'm joining the group here. I made it to the drupal dojo earlier this month via FB and got some great help!
Just thought I'd join over here. I'm starting a motorcycle dealership and want to also sell parts and accessories online. So In May I decided to try to build a website. I'm slowly learning. The next step is to learn how to create custom modules. The extent of php coding has been copying and pasting what I find in forums into my template.php file...
my site: pinkgorillacycles.com
If anyone has some time to help me with a couple obstacles I would be extremely grateful!
Hoping to hire a full time Drupaler
Hi Drupal Austin,
I'm Tim Hamilton, founder of Astonish Designs. We build sites and business apps on Drupal and are hoping to find a full-time Drupaler to join our growing team.
A few of our Drupal sites are:
http://www.gbb.org/
http://www.train4thegame.com/
http://www.acidgone.com/
We come from a Java, .NET and from-scratch PHP/MySQL background and are very excited about the efficiencies and elegance of the Drupal framework. We are doing a lot of eCommerce work with Ubercart and are in the process of porting our government financial transparency app to Drupal. We built the app for the City of Houston, saving them over $20M after just one year.
If this sounds like fun and you'd like to learn more about joining our team, we'd love to hear from you.
Cheers,
Tim Hamilton,
Astonish Designs
http://www.astonishdesigns.com/
Green Business
The catchy website with the interesting posts. You give the nice information that many people don't know before. most of your contents are make me have more knowledge. it is very different. I was impressed with your blog. Never be bored to visit your blog again. Have the nice your time.Keep enjoyed your blogging
Thanks,
Green Business
Hey from J; looking for Drupal freelancer
Hey y'all,
I'm the Web Editor at UT's business school and have been mostly a Wordpress guy till we had two new school news/magazines built with Drupal: http://McCombsTODAY.org and http://TexasEnterprise.org. I attended DrupalCamp Austin and am starting to get my Drupal legs about me as I manage these sites and work with the developers.
I'm interested in finding local developers who can help us work on our sites. Please email me if you're interested: jason.molin@mccombs.utexas.edu.
I'm also a local singer/songwriter and you can find out more about me at my site, http://jasonmolin.net.
nice to be part of the community,
j
Jason Molin
Web Editor
McCombs School of Business
Ahoy fellow Drupalers!
Hi all, my name is Meli. I'm a front end developer / designer that just made the migration from Denver to Austin about 3 months ago.
Currently working for a small design agency downtown and freelancing. Formerly the head of the design and development team for an internet marketing agency in Denver.
I've been using Drupal (mostly site building and theming) for several years now. One of my favorite things about Drupal is the community behind it (just went to DrupalCon for the first time this year and had a fantastic experience!). I'm really looking forward to getting to know the Drupal community here in Austin!
Coming back home ...
Hi ADUG Folks,
My name is Roger McPherson and I am moving from Denver back to Austin after a 24 year absence. I've been learning Drupal for the last nine months or so and am getting pretty dangerous. I am currently looking for freelance work that I could start from Denver and continue when I get to Austin in the Fall. Hopefully, the temps will be out of the triple digits and a little rain will have fallen by the time I get there.
I am also looking forward to getting to know all the great Drupal developers in the Austin area. I've always found the people in Austin to be open, honest and supportive.
Now, if I can just get this house sold in Denver.
Roger
Welcome back!
Welcome back!
Intros and such
Hi All
My name is Brent Mills. I am the QA-DevOpsManager/Cloud Architect for a startup in Austin. http://www.brazossoftware.com I have worked with Joomla in my past role as Founder and President of a Senior Home Care agency(started after last company was acquired), but am new to Drupal. Just sold the company and am now back in the world of software and enjoying it very much. We are developing a SaaS product and I am in the process of developing our cloud architecture. Thought I would join this group to see what experience people had in running High Available Drupal sites in the cloud as well as what distros people are using outside of the generic Drupal. Look forward to future meetups.
Brent
Hi Brent, welcome to the
Hi Brent, welcome to the group! Sounds like you've got some interesting stuff going on that people would like to hear about. Just last month we had Erik Summerfield from Phase2 Technology talking about all of the distros they manage. At Four Kitchens we use Pressflow from time to time, and COD has been a hot topic at our meetups lately.
You can watch the Phase2 talk on this website, which is not limited to Drupal, but contains videos of many tech meetups in Austin: http://austintechvideos.com/v/64
Greetings
Greetings,
My name is Dave Brixius. I live in Germantown, Wisconsin. I am a web developer in Waukesha, Wisconsin. I am also the organizer for Web414 (www.web414.com) in Milwaukee. I'm interested in learning more about the Austin Drupal User's Group.
Thanks,
Dave Brixius
@coderDx
Salutations!
Afternoon / Morning Everyone! (Depending on when you are reading this post......)
Charles Leverington here out of McDade (dot on the map between Elgin and Giddings if you know the Austin area)
I've been a web developer since '05 / '06 and was (forcibly) introduced to Drupal by a friend of mine out of the Porland area when he found out I was "getting back in the game" using the 'amazing' Wordpress. As a Drupal enthusiast (zealot), he had other ideas.
Years later and all I really use is Drupal! I've fallen in love completely with Drupal Gardens as well (thank you Acquia for THAT one. Best 'introduction' to using Drupal out there in my opinion because it takes out the PHP, MySQL, localhosting, and other 'issues' and goes right into navigation and production.)
Personal wise (besides playing in Drupal Gardens all the time), I'm a happily married father of three currently in college for my BS of Computer Science. I spent all four years during high school inundated within the tech program from 3D rendering to Flash animation, then made the (perilous) decision of 'coming back' in a few years. Currently working as a Quality Assurance specialist in the health insurance industry and planning on shifting back into the fold when I get the chance.
Oh, and I <3 rpgs, Kendo, everything Blizzard,
Seriously though, if you haven't checked out Drupal Gardens yet, head over there. They just released a bunch of new modules, but the best tool isn't the modules. I'd be happy to give any advice on navigation in the theme builder for newbs to the site. It's a little strange at times (due to inheritances), but lots of fun.
I have a "playing around" site setup (since you can have as many as you want) that anybody is welcome to come play in: e8intranetsolutions.drupalgardens.com You have to create a Drupal Gardens account to be a user/admin on any of the sites so you'll probably just create your own, but I'll be playing in it regularly so I can help with CSS testing, etc.
They have a 'custom' Theme Builder. It's a point-click CSS modifier through GUI instead of text-based. Doesn't really do (any) CSS3, but it makes changing the "look" MUCH faster. Also useful for when you're just plain theming and you want to test out a dump of code.
Anywho, I'll hopefully be meeting everyone at the meetups!
~~Charles
~~Cheers!
cleverington
The man of many hats.
New to the group...and looking for Drupal Dev's
Hello everyone,
My name is Joanna Barker and I'm a technical recruiter with Robert Half Technology in Austin. I've been recruiting now for the past 4 years in technology and have been in HR for 11 years. Love what I do and enjoy meeting new people everyday. The best part about my job is making that connection between a great candidate and excellent client.
Personal life....I've been in Austin for 6 years and love this town. Originally came from Argentina and was raised in Orange County, CA. Yes, I'm one of those CA people who have seemed to invade Texas. I love the outdoors, riding my Felt bike all over town and exploring the surrounding areas with my family.
I'd love to get a chance to connect some of you with opportunities so please reach out to me, 512-477-3389.
Hello from Dianne
Hi everyone.
I'm Dianne Mullen and I am a total newbie to Drupal. I'm so new I'm still looking for the beginner's guides! I decided to join this group because I want to learn as much as I can.
My website design business, Mullen it Over, is in the startup phase.
Most of my life I've been an architect. And when I say architect I mean a licensed Architect. The kind that designs buildings and produces construction documents. I feel comfortable making the switch to website design because the skills I acquired as an Architect are actually quite similar to website design and development.
I learned most of my website design and programming skills through Austin Community College. I currently tutor part-time in the Computer Science Dept, helping students with XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, C++, and Office 2010.
I'm looking forward to getting know the Drupal Austin Group.
Here is my contact information. I hope you'll "Like" my Facebook page, follow me on Twitter, and connect with me on LinkedIn
Website: www.mullenitover.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mullen.it.over.web.design
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mullenitover
Twitter: www.twitter.com/mio_austintexas
Email: dianne@mullenitover.com
Hey, all!
I'm a WP developer (heck, most everything developer over the years) who might be facing a large Drupal site gig. Just looking to connect with local (Austin) talent at the moment.
Cheers!
Shlomi
Welcome! There are some local
Welcome! There are some local meetups you may be interested in:
http://www.meetup.com/Austin-Drupal-Users-Group/
http://www.meetup.com/Austin-Drupal-Newbies-Meetup/
A Drupal Developer in the Making
Hi, all!
I'm Yehuda Orr, new to Drupal - new to Austin, TX - straight in from Israel.
I am a musician, and the founder of the Israeli music discography site
(hailed in local media with an entry in the Israeli Wikipedia, sorry... all Hebrew)
which started as an Access database upped into blogspot blog entries.
Next step, the blog turned into a PHP/MySQL discography search site
iframed into the same blogspot blog (http://stereo-ve-mono.blogspot.com/).
Apart from localizing and adapting a few osCommerce sites in the past
(and working in other programming environments), PHP/MySQL
was fairly new to me, so I thought that was cool, though basic.
When I was ready for the next upgrade, I've researched available systems,
decided that Drupal is the answer, and started to play with it.
I have a vision of turning this into a commercial site but more than that -
I love Drupal, and want to get an entry level job working with it exclusively.
I know I can master it in no time if I could work with it full time…
(does this even make sense?)
Would love to make contacts and get any assistance/ info towards this.
Yehuda